Friday, October 03, 2008

Doable.

To claim that I am somehow now on a sock knitting roll or in any way imply that I am 'gaga' for socks would be a gross exaggeration. My relationship with the sock seems to follow the same predictable trajectory. It's a story of extremes. I am either heavily, heavily into it and can think of nothing else or have low-grade feelings of resentment and loathing. Weirdly right now I seem to be between these two extremes, and I have Through the Loops' Mystery Sock KAL to thank for that. Somehow spreading the task over an entire month seems entirely doable, so much so that I am doing both at the same time. Jump back!

Normally joining a KAL is the surefire way for me to guarantee that I will not actually finish the intended garment (Mirepoix anyone? Project Spectrum flame-out?), but if I can't finish sport weight socks on a size three needle with a cast on of 58 sts, well it's time to hang it up and delete the blog, right? Part of the reason that I foresee actually finishing is that I am LOVING the yarn--Madeline Tosh Sport Merino in chamomile. This yarn has been in my stash for a while and I am so pleased to have a reason to break it out. The sheer yellowness of it all is making me very, very happy however I am slightly concerned that although the yarn looked identical in the hank and is from the same dye lot, somehow not in its knitted state, one yarn cake is a little more tweety bird than the other. If this is the case, we'll just burn that bridge when we come to it...

26 comments:

Ack, you ruined the surprise! Can I ask (politely, of course) that you not post photos of your finished sock segment until maybe right before the next one comes out? I am going to start these tonight and now I already know what they look like. Part of the fun of a "mystery KAL" is the element of surprise: "Oh, so THAT's what I'm knitting!" Thanks very much!

I've got a pair of socks that I knit out of two skeins of Claudia's Handpainted. Each sock is quite different in color. I just wear them under jeans. I loved the color too much to let the yarn languish in my stash for such a small crime.

I love your yellow - so pretty. It will show the pattern really nicely too.

That's definitely a pretty colorway to work with. Hmm I may need a bit of yellow in my sock collection. :) I was thinking of joining that KAL, but I've been a bum knitter lately. :( Good luck with yours! Can't wait to see the finished socks. :)

Hello, are we the same person? I have a bunch of random single socks floating around, but I started the cuffs for the TTL mystery socks...spread out over a month, seem totally doable. I do love this yellow though, I must say.